The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-11
ANOTHER CURE For CONSUMPTION
The Injection OF Gas-rr0f. Bergeron'
Method and Its Results. uf

lhb lnleCuon OI NH-FFots beTkeFonb
b, Method and Its Results. uf.
Chicago Tribune.
Last night at tho request OF North
Side pliysicisn u reporter attended, at the
corner OF Ogden and Fullerton avenues, at
the treatment Of patient for consump.
ton by the injection OF gas. After the
operation was over the physician stated to
the reporter that in tho Discussion Of Prof.
Bergefon's method oil curing consumption
II had been said that tho substance used
was carbonic acid gas, while really Prof.
Bergeron's method was eulphuratod hy.
drogen and carbonic acid gas, the latter
being the vehicle for conveying tho sui.
phuretted hydrogen into the mucous sys.
tenn. 1t has been said that Prof. Bergeron
found tho injection OF Carbonic acid gas
had q very beneficial effect in healing per.
sons affected with consumption and other
lung troubles. This statement Is incor.
rect. Prof. Besgeron claims that carbonic
acid passed through natural mineral wa.
tera containing eulphuretted hydrogen Ia
cure for consumption. But ho also ad-
mits that In the sputum Of patients which
has become q mere mucous that the bacilla
tuberculosis are found two years after tho
cure. The professor makes his carhonic
acid gas in the usual way by pouring upon
eodium bicarbonate diluted sulphuriC acid,
which no forces through the mineral wa.
ters Esux.Bonnes, taken from spring
$500 feet above the sea, and situated in q
valley sixty miles from Pau. The waterg
contain rs cubic inches OF sulphuretted
hydrogen to the pint, two grains chloride
a4.l,,tt,, onI tt,A VpQipu NJ nkhar nlfu
These waters do not contain enough sui
phuretted hydrogen to Suit Prof. Bergeron,
and he has been seeking for waters more
heavily charged. Healso states that arti.
ticially prepared sulphureted hydrogen
does not give beneficial results.
Prof. Bereerons method was introduced
into the Cook County Hospital two
months ago, and in the treatment the
Blue Lick waters OF Kentucky have been
used. The lower Blue Lick contains l.02
cubic inches OF sulphuretted hydrogen to
the pint. The waters Of the Alpena well,
Alpena, Mich, are said to contain 4, AZ
cubic inches to the pint, and arrange
ments are being made to obtain supply
from this well. The first patient was a
Mexican woman who was in the last
stages Of consumption. One injection was
made and during the twenty-iour houra
following the treatment the expectora.
| ton increased one.halt--from sixteen to
twenty-iour ounces. There were no signs
Of improvement whatever and the patient
died in seventy-two hours after the first
and only treatment she had received. The
second case Was that OF young lrishman
who showed improvement after the sec.
ond treatment in the reduction OF temper
AZURE, respiration and e1pec:oration. His
appetite improved and the night sweats
ceaaed. This improvement continued for
i've days, but waa followed by sudden
change-loss Of appetite, increased tenn
perature, respiration and expeCtoration,
followed by galloplng consumption and
death in thirteen days. The treatment
was continued in private practice With
more favorable results.
Upon the first examination OF one pa
tent, a woman, the expectoraton amount
ed to eight ounces daily. The tempera-
ture was l03, the respiration 50, and the
pulse 40. Night.sweats were pro(uHe and
the cough incessant, keeping the patient
awake all night She was unable to walk
without aid and vomited daily, and her
appetite WAS very poor. After the second
treatment the temperature w6s reduced
to 100, and has 60 continued with but q
slight rise. The expectoration was not
more than two tablespoenfule, and the
pulse was reduced to los. The night
sweuts ceased entirely and the appetite
improved. After the sixth treatment the
temperature was 100, respiration %, and
the pulge 100. The expeCtorStion WAS re-
duced to slight mucous only. The pa
tent eals everything, and the vomiting has
ceased. The treatment has been contin-
ued Tor six weeks. every other day, and the
pulse is. now 9G, temperature 100, aud
respiration 70, and there is every sign
Of improvement. In several other
Gases there have been similar favorable
results, besides an increase in the weight
Of the patient. In these cases the physi-
clan in charge has not stopped the usual
remedies employed in consumption. Cod
liver oil and phosphates have been pre-
scribed. The patients have in every in
stance been treated every other day. The
first effect OF the application OF the treat
men: seemed TO increase the coughing,
but this continued for only short time,
The physician who il making the expefi-
ments thinka that even Bergeron's method
has not yet been proved to be cure for
consumption. He believes that the dis.
covery OF O cure is imminent, and that
Bergeron has taken step in the right d.
rection. He il watching the effect OF the
treatment upon bia patients with the
closest attention and will make report OF